Sri Lanka Genealogy
GENEALOGY: As defined by Webster's Dictionary: ge-ne-a-lo-gy
1. A record or table of the descent of a person,
family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
2. Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree.
3. The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.
As defined by pipers net:
Genealogy is a forum for honor and
remembrance. It tells a story, of how we got to be here
today. It is an appreciation and a memorial to our ancestors
whose lives may have been seemingly insignificant at the time.
Genealogy is a way for us to understand our habits and
features. It explains the unique mold from which we were
cast.
Fate is a concept that occurs when looking into the
lives of our ancestors. It may not have mattered to them at the
time. It may have just been their struggle to survive.
Either way, we may not have been here if one event was done
differently or had a different outcome. If one person decided to
settle in town A opposed to town B, it's most likely you would
not be here in the family today.
Genealogy
is the research and study of family lineage, but those of us who
have delved deeply into it can tell you that it is much more
than that dictionary definition! Since the 18th century it has
developed into subsidiary disciplines and list amongst them -
history. Family History is far more interesting than Genealogy.
It is here that we place people in their time period and find
out how they lived, putting the 'meat on the bones' so to speak.
Genealogy data is usually tracked back from the memory of living
ancestors, archived records in national repositories, Church and
Community archives, newspaper articles, obituaries, deeds, wills
historical societies and the Internet.
Webmaster:
Fazli Sameer
Email: sgenweb@gmail.com
Home: http://www.worldgenweb.org/lkawgw
Legal Rights: You can ask for the
removal of your name and the name of your minor children. Deceased
persons are not concerned by this measure. Major children and any
other living persons must directly ask the owner of the family
tree for the removal of their name.
This privacy law doesn't apply for a third person (parent,
relative, etc.), a deceased nor any public genealogical data.
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